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Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting From Dayton, El Paso

Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in 妻友社区鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, 鈥淎re We Teaching Trauma?鈥,  focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. Kent State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.       鈥淚t鈥檚 awful, y鈥檃ll. Barely hanging on. Our newsroom is command centra...

Making Meaning of May 4: The Kent State Shootings in American History

This course will provide fact-based information about the events leading up to, during and in the aftermath of the May 4, 1970 shootings. Participants are encouraged to draw their own conclusions from the facts as they participate in the discussion of the class materials.

  • Guest discussant Professor Idris Kabir Syed, Department of Pan-African Studies
  • Guest discussant Assistant Director Lori Boes, May 4 Visitors Center

A three-part series to be held October 16, 23 and 30, 2019.

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Speak a Powerful Magic Cover

The 妻友社区 Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 鈥淭raveling Stanzas鈥 project, part of its effort to facilitate a global conversation that enhances person to person communication, arrives at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration this fall. On Nov. 10, KSU will host a reception for the exhibit, Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy to New York, New York, created by the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence in collaboration with faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences who have pioneered unique visualization technologies and KSU鈥檚 Design Innovation Initiative. The Wick Poetry Center...

  Spotlight on the College of Aeronautics and Engineering This time last year the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) welcomed Christina Bloebaum, Ph.D., as its new dean. Now, on the eve of her one year anniversary, Bloebaum has effectively reshaped the team that will position the college as a global leader in the aeronautics and engineering industries. Below is a listing of the CAE team. Christina Bloebaum, Ph.D., Dean, College of Aeronautics and Engineering; Research includes challenges in the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) field 鈥 developing new optimization,...

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